WAN Contracts in Dorset

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing WAN 9 17 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 5.42% 7.76% 5.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.50% 30.91% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £656 £600 £480
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +25.00% +28.00%
75th Percentile £769 £618 -
90th Percentile - £636 -
South West median daily rate £650 £488 £425
% change year-on-year +33.33% +14.71% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - £30.73 £42.04
25th Percentile - £45.42 £43.98
Median hourly rate - £56.08 £50.49
Median % change year-on-year - +11.08% -
75th Percentile - £57.33 £58.55
90th Percentile - - £60.93
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £67.42 £50.49
% change year-on-year -40.67% +33.53% +125.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 55 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 14.46% 25.11% 18.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 16
10th Percentile £486 £259 £181
25th Percentile £525 £413 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £469 £444
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% +5.63% +4.41%
75th Percentile £769 £581 £485
90th Percentile - £624 £606
South West median daily rate £535 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 15
10th Percentile - £19.36 £41.98
25th Percentile £56.49 £51.37 £44.98
Median hourly rate £63.58 £57.33 £50.20
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% +14.20% +151.00%
75th Percentile £70.66 £62.00 £54.68
90th Percentile - £63.23 £58.95
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
% change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +9.91%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for WAN in Dorset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Dorset over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Dorset

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Network Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Product Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) ArchiMate
2 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) Information Assurance
2 4 (44.44%) IT Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) MODAF
2 4 (44.44%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) SysML
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) TOGAF
2 4 (44.44%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) UML
2 4 (44.44%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NCSC
2 4 (44.44%) QA
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) RMADS